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How North Carolina erased medical debt for 2.5 million people

January 21, 2026

Health How North Carolina erased medical debt for 2.5 million people January 21, 20267:00 AM ET By Alex Olgin North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein (center), flanked by the state's health secretary, Dr. Dev Sangvai (left) and an executive from Undue Medical Debt, Jose Penabad, speaks about the elimination of medical debt through an initiative involving hospitals and Medicaid in Raleigh, N. C.

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Robertson/AP After a routine trip to her mailbox, Dawn Daly-Mack almost threw away an important letter that she thought was junk mail.
"I opened it up and it said, 'Your medical bill has been paid,'" says Daly-Mack, 60, who lives in Gaston, in northeastern North Carolina.
"I didn't believe it." The letter turned out to be legitimate.

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How North Carolina erased medical debt for 2.5 million people

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